What is Alif Wasli actually?

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What is alif wasli actually.

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Assalaam alaikum. Alif wasl is actually hamzah al-wasl. Some areas of the world refer to it as alif wasl, but it is properly known as hamzah al-wasl. This is a hamzah that we emply only when starting on a word, not when continuing from the word preceding it.
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